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Police Social Workers are not a new concept but until now there's not been a nationwide standard for how they are trained or how they are employed alongside police officers. Caroline Ban teaches at Valparaiso University and she has started the first public safety social work certificate program in the nation for people who have their masters in social work or are getting their MSW. Caroline talks about the how social workers can add something valuable to the police team that I know you'll appreciate.

Music is by Chris Haugen

Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 137

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Social Workers, Co-responders, Education, Embedding, Mental Health, Officer Wellness, Police, Professor, Training, University, St. Louis, Valparaiso, Indiana, Missouri

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This is a special bonus episode of Hey Chaplain recorded on site in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Officer Safety and Wellness Conference. Chaplain Phil Reeves from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department was my partner in giving a presentation on embedding chaplains. We recorded that talk and the Q&A that followed and I want to give you a few select cuts of what we did. I also had the opportunity to hang out with some chaplains from California, Massachusetts, Colorado, and other states, so I'm going to throw in a few clips of those police chaplains saying hi to the Hey Chaplain audience.

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Hey Chaplain Bonus Episode 49

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Chaplaincy, Chaplains, Culture, Embedding, Expectations, IACP, Leadership, Podcasting, Police, Relationships, Standards, Kansas City, New Orleans, California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts

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How do you know when to call it quits, especially if you're in the first half of your career? It's incredibly difficult to give blanket advice because everyone and everyone's circumstances are unique and constantly changing. For some officers, the best advice is wait a moment for the storm to pass. For other officers it's time or maybe past time to get out.

Today we're talking to former deputy Josh Lively. Josh started a promising career in law enforcement but soon discovered this might not be the career that fulfills his calling in life. We're going to talk about the process of figuring out what to do when you're miserable as a police officer. What does that mean? How do you know what decision to make? How far do you push it before you need to eject?

My guess is that every police officer can sympathize with what you're going to hear Josh say. But there are going to be distinct camps of listeners to this episode. Those who hear Josh's story and recognize it as their own. And those who don't. But I hope you listen to Josh's wisdom on this matter because we all know cops who need to stay and others for whom it is time to go.

Josh's podcast is called the "Practically Christian Podcast"

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Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 136

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Career, Calling, Chaplain, Decision Making, Depression, Faith, Family, Health, Mental Health, Ministry, Police, Quitting, Sheriff Deputy, Support, Florida

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